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    In the past they seemed unwilling to do the female characters. Especially in their Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat lines. I mean they could do blue, purple, green, red and light blue female ninjas by just changing the heads but they haven’t done that afaik. Also, like Bandai they never complete a roster from what I can tell. I say all this as a bystander that gained most of his knowledge about Storm though osmosis. 😛
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    I’m worried where this series is going. I only watched the first two episodes but with the removal of the goal (i.e. avoiding the doom flags) the show has lost it’s purpose and is now meandering around. In other news I started watching Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S which is still excellent. That makes me happy, even if I don’t like the design of the new dragon Ilulu. In between the seasons I also completed all of My teen romantic Comedy SNAFU which was surprisingly excellent which makes me wonder if I should seek out other shows like it.
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    @M'Kyuun I think FansToys Maverick is probably the best version of a transforming (ehm I mean converting) Concorde. It is not perfect by any means but the designer went to great lengths to get as close as possible. So much so that my biggest complaint is that the way the nosecone can’t fold down like on the real Concorde. Since is is also not hindered by the engineering of a torso mode I can recommend him as a stand-alone piece if you are just a fan of jet Transformers. The Dream Star Toys Silverbolt seems to suffer a lot from being a all-in-one combiner and they probably packed a lot of their Superion into him.
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    I haven’t seen a cinema from the inside since The Rise of Skywalker (what s waste of everyone’s time) so I will take what I can get!
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    Since Bandai stopped continuing the Street Fighter line I kinda hoped that Storm would do Yuri but that is the wrong costume. Also apparently they are doing Sol Badguy from Guilty Gear Strive. I might be in in those but they are probably never make the ones I want like I-no, Jack-O Dizzy and Baiken… …so basically all the girls.
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    Oh, so it is being released this year? Didn’t occur to me that it would be that way. I thought 22 meant the year since they weren’t sure if cinemas would be open in Fall 2021. I will definitely go see it on the big screen. Hopefully with popcorn and pop. 😁
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    Well, I’m technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.
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    Man, October 2022 seems so far away 😔
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    You know that the convert not transform. The Transformers gimmick is that they convert from one mode to another. So it is not in their name! 😉😉😉
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    K^3 Shattered Glass Optimus Prime looks great. I hope he keeps his August release slot. Jazz looks good too. I wonder if he or Rodimus will be next (they shown a prototype of Rodimus last year I think). I wonder if Jazz will be the same size as their Drift. The Jetfire armor for Prime looks soso. And while I’m liking their Victory Leo only being armor parts is underwhelming. Especially if it carries the same price tag as their other releases.
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    No X-Men Rogue? Booo!
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    The Heavyarms Custom?
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    Bummer, the deco looks like the one from the first release. I was hoping for the version they showed last year with the Grand Slam and the shield mounted on its back.
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    Is that Primals robot- or alt-mode head? I can’t tell.
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    Sell it later with a profit?
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    Maybe a 3rd party company will release a toy that looks just like that and they gonna name him Jazz. 🥷
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    Since I only built modern Lego sets in the last couple of years the instructions of these old sets are a different beast. They are super thin, don’t show what pieces you need and there is no steps where only one brick is placed. And they have product shots in the middle of them. If they weren’t there they would be even thinner.
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    I decided to complete my „classics“ Lego Space collection (Futuron - Explorians). Started with a set that I had as a kid but got lost somehow. First time buying used Lego. The bricks fit right into my own childhood ones in terms of quality. No missing or broken pieces and no yellowing. However I need to clean them after I disassemble the set again. Bought also 6956 from the same seller.
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    Windwaker is my favorite Zelda game. It has some issues, especially after you pick up the Master Sword but I would totally pick that up on the Switch. I still have my GameCube and the disk and the cell shaded look gives it a timeless look but it would be nice having a cleaned up version to play.
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    Thank you for the review Mike. I’m fairly content with Seaspray 1.0. Maybe I would upgrade if 2.0 goes on deep clearance, but I doubt it.
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    My Kuro Kara Kuri Victory Leo arrived today. Took it out of the box, attached all the „stuff“ and took a quick picture. This thing is insanely pointy. I think I need to buy new cotton gloves. Interestingly he has ratchets in his knees which is a first for the line. I couldn’t test articulation yet but because the joints are tight and he is meant to come apart I‘m worried that I might rub off some of the paint, especially with all the extra bits attached. Because he is the worlds most expensive Barbie dress he doesn’t have the cool engineering that the other figures in the line have to facilitate the articulation. The wings and the main guns have some moving and spring loaded pieces but nothing as cool as Drifts knees for example. All in all I don’t know if the juice is worth the squeeze so to speak. On the upside all the beautiful paint is present and he will look good next to the other K3 figures on a shelf. He is also surprisingly solid for an glorified accessory set but I wished he would transform more especially the big feet parts for Star Saber to maybe include a tail and fill out the back spine section.
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    That probably means Eva-00 will be yellow not blue. 😐
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    Would a WfC style commander class like Star Saber really be worth a HasLab project? I could see a Victory Leo Star Saber two pack though. Maybe a CW Devastator scaled Dinoking/Monstructor with shells?
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    I feel like the QC issues are something you need to accept when collecting Takara MP figures. They are not Bandai Tamashii Nations after all. However it would be nice to see a learning curve in the build quality and QC in their most prestigious toy line but it is either stagnant or getting worse. MMC and FansToys both have shown considerable growth in that regard even if they have the occasional dud. And I want them to do better because I feel like some of figures I want in my collection I will only get from them, like a good Fire Convoy or Overlord & God Ginrai (Don’t bring up Fans Hobby I wouldn’t touch any of their releases with a 10 foot pole) .
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    I thought I write something about the quality of the Masterpiece line. From all the toylines I collect regularly (MMC Reformatted and Ocular Max, FansToys, Metal Build Gundams, DX Chogokin Valkyries and Kuro Kara Kuri Transformers) besides Masterpiece Transformers they are the worst ones in terms of quality. And it is not just cracks which plagued the line since MP-05 Megaton I think. My first experience of a figure crumbling in my hands was MP-09B whose knee joints exploded after one transformation. Of course the after sales service is non existing for overseas buyers so I had to order 3rd party replacement pieces just to discover that the tubes the joints rotate in also crumbled. I had inconsistent, lumpy paint on MP Lambor, partial painted pieces on MP Star Saber and Ultra Magnus. Paint rub out of the box on the lights on MP-44s chest and a fingerprint good enough to fool any security system on the back of Roller, which HLJ told me was to be an expected QC issues on a product of this company so they won‘t do anything about it. Their toys have the ugliest nub marks in the most obvious places. Their materials feel cheap and not as sharply molded as they could be. Their paint is thick yet inconsistent and flakes off easily. The joints on MP Transformers often are too loose of inconsistent quality or broken and can’t support poses. I cut them a lot slack in the past because I feel that they have some of the best engineering when it comes to designing the transformation and producing collector grade toys is obviously not their bread and butter. But when several of your direct, unofficial competitors put out a superior product in terms of fit and finish, something is not right. And that was before their prices skyrocketed. Now I don’t feel like getting my money’s worth and I lucked out by not buying their Hound and Starscream. And I say all this as a fan of Transformers and the Masterpiece line. I want to enjoy collecting their releases.
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